The Best French Short Stories

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors.

• "Zodomirsky's Duel", by Alexandre Dumas
• "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant
• "The Marquise", by George Sand
• "Miss Harriet", by Guy de Maupassant
• "The Cord", by Charles Baudelaire
• "The Piece of String", by Guy de Maupassant
• ",The Necklace", by Guy de Maupassant
• "An Episode of the Reign of Terror", by Honoré de Balzac
• "A Child's Revenge", by Paul Bourget
• "In the Reign of Terror", by Anatole France
• "Jeannot and Colin", by Voltaire
• "The Mummy's Foot", by Théophile Gautier
• "The Paradise of Cats", by Emile Zolà
• "The Shoulders of the Marquise", by Emile Zolà
• "Jenny", by Victor Hugo
• "The Child with the Bread Shoes", by Théophile Gautier
• "The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir", by Alphonse Daudet